Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir (1822- 1900)
Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir also known as Jean J. Lenoir was a Belgian engineer who developed the internal combustion engine in 1858. Prior designs for such engines were patented as early as 1807, but none were commercially successful.In 1863 Lenoir demonstrated a second three-wheeled carriage, little more than a wagon body set atop a tricycle platform. It was powered by a hydrocarbon" (petroleum) engine with a primitive carburettor which was patented in 1886.